Giovanni Ganelli

Giovanni Ganelli, an Italian national, is the Deputy Head of Office in the IMF's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) in Tokyo. Giovanni has worked for the Fund since 2003. Before joining OAP, he also worked in the IMF Institute and in the European and Fiscal Affairs Departments at the Fund Headquarters in Washington DC.
He is currently a member of the IMF Japan Article IV team and, during his IMF career, Giovanni has participated in program, surveillance, and capacity building missions to various countries, including Albania, Austria, China, Czech Republic, Georgia, India, Mauritius, Moldova, Singapore and Slovenia.
Giovanni has a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick and an undergraduate degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". His research has been published in various academic journals (including the Journal of International Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control) and focuses on the effects of fiscal policy in New Keynesian models and, more recently, on structural reforms in Japan.

Education:

1995: Laurea in Economics and Statistics, University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy).

Referee Activities:

Applied Financial Economics; Bulletin of Economic Research; Comparative Economic Studies; Czech Journal of Economics and Finance; Decisions in Economics and Finance; Economics Bulletin; Economic Modelling; Economic and Social Review; European Economic Review; European Journal of Finance; IMF Staff Papers; International Economics and Economic Policy; International Journal of Finance and Economics; Journal of the European Economic Association; Journal of International Economics; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking; Macroeconomic Dynamics; Oxford Economic Papers; Scottish Journal of Political Economy; The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics; The Economic Journal; The Manchester School.

Other Professional Positions:

September 2015-present: Deputy Head of Office, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

August 2012-present: Senior Economist, IMF Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP), Tokyo.

November 2011-July 2012: Senior Economist, IMF Institute

Oct 2007-October 2011: Economist, IMF Institute.

November 2009-Nov 2010: Consultant, World Bank Cambodia Country Office and Visiting Lecturer, Royal University of Phnom Penh (while on leave from the Fund).

October 2003-September 2007: Economist, European and Fiscal Affairs Departments, International Monetary Fund.

2002-2003: Research Fellow, Department of Economics and Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin.

Other Published Materials

“Fiscal Policy and Public Investment in the New EU Member States” (joint with Ana Corbacho, Qiang Cui, Paolo Manasse, and Gerd Schwartz), in European Investment Bank Papers, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 114-149.

“Mundell-Fleming Model” and “Marginal Propensity to Import” in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. 9 vols. Edited by Darity, William A., Jr. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008.

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Giovanni Ganelli, an Italian national, is the Deputy Head of Office in the IMF's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) in Tokyo. Giovanni has worked for the Fund since 2003. Before joining OAP, he also worked in the IMF Institute and in the European and Fiscal Affairs Departments at the Fund Headquarters in Washington DC.
He is currently a member of the IMF Japan Article IV team and, during his IMF career, Giovanni has participated in program, surveillance, and capacity building missions to various countries, including Albania, Austria, China, Czech Republic, Georgia, India, Mauritius, Moldova, Singapore and Slovenia.
Giovanni has a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick and an undergraduate degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". His research has been published in various academic journals (including the Journal of International Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control) and focuses on the effects of fiscal policy in New Keynesian models and, more recently, on structural reforms in Japan.

Education:

1995: Laurea in Economics and Statistics, University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy).

Referee Activities:

Applied Financial Economics; Bulletin of Economic Research; Comparative Economic Studies; Czech Journal of Economics and Finance; Decisions in Economics and Finance; Economics Bulletin; Economic Modelling; Economic and Social Review; European Economic Review; European Journal of Finance; IMF Staff Papers; International Economics and Economic Policy; International Journal of Finance and Economics; Journal of the European Economic Association; Journal of International Economics; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking; Macroeconomic Dynamics; Oxford Economic Papers; Scottish Journal of Political Economy; The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics; The Economic Journal; The Manchester School.

Other Professional Positions:

September 2015-present: Deputy Head of Office, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

August 2012-present: Senior Economist, IMF Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP), Tokyo.

November 2011-July 2012: Senior Economist, IMF Institute

Oct 2007-October 2011: Economist, IMF Institute.

November 2009-Nov 2010: Consultant, World Bank Cambodia Country Office and Visiting Lecturer, Royal University of Phnom Penh (while on leave from the Fund).

October 2003-September 2007: Economist, European and Fiscal Affairs Departments, International Monetary Fund.

2002-2003: Research Fellow, Department of Economics and Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin.